A local historian has made it his life’s work to learn as much as he can about his hometown — a hub for sport and commercial fishing.
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Family, Faith, & Fish in Wanchese
In the village of Wanchese, two families have helped shape the local seafood industry for the past century. Today, their descendants are learning to overcome the modern-day challenges of commercial fishing and carrying on a Roanoke Island tradition that runs as deep as the ocean.
Family Before Fish at Atlantic Beach Seafood
She worked at Atlantic Beach Seafood. His family owned the place. Now, Kamile and Chandler Willis are running the Carteret County institution where the shrimp is hand-packed, the oysters lead to stories, and one spouse (gasp!) doesn’t like seafood.
19 Fresh Seafood Markets Across North Carolina
What to do when you simply cannot get to a riverside, ocean pier, or a sound shore with a rod and reel or a ready net? The answer is lying on ice at this very moment in these Carolina fish houses and markets.
